Workshop on Geomagnetically Induced Currents; College Park, Maryland; Four Days in October 2023

在恶劣的空间天气事件中，地球表面的地磁感应电流对技术基础设施，如电网、石油和天然气管道、海底通信电缆、电话和电报网络以及铁路都是危险的。解决这些系统对地磁干扰的脆弱性是满足其在社会中的关键作用的重要组成部分。研讨会将汇集来自研究、工业和政府领域的参与者，以在极端空间天气下建立一个以地磁感应电流为中心的支持和持续的社区。一个关键目标是将建模和预测及其应用集成到电力系统运营商和政府机构的需求中，以管理对关键基础设施影响的潜在后果。讲习班的主要目标是建立一个由政府和私人供资机构支持的积极参与的社区。讲习班将通过整合对地磁感应电流风险的理解和管理，促进提高技术基础设施的复原力。跨学科会议将通过确保信息共享和开发改进的建模和仿真工具，促进在不断发展的电网中制定标准及其批准。在教育和培训方面，学生将参与研讨会的规划和组织，重点是参与STEM教育和相关活动。研讨会将在各个阶段让代表性不足的群体参与进来，以确保多样性、公平性和包容性，以满足社会对弹性技术基础设施的需求。研讨会将吸引来自学术界、工业界和政府的参与者进行讨论和交流，目标是发展一个以地磁感应电流及其对技术基础设施的危险影响为中心的支持和可持续社区的生态系统。研讨会的科学目标是利用第一性原理和数据驱动的方法，将建模和预测结合起来，通过利用不断增长的数据和提高预测能力，提高对地磁感应电流的认识。来自当前和即将到来的监测平台的数据将用于确定不确定性量化的方法，这是实现更好的可预测性的重要步骤。不确定性量化的研究活动本质上是多学科的，因此需要学科研究人员和利益相关者的综合努力。通过专注于解决利益相关者需求的重叠努力，研讨会将确定研究、操作和监管趋同的途径。一个关键目标是将建模和预测及其应用集成到电力系统运营商和政府机构的需求中，以管理从影响到关键基础设施的潜在后果。将探讨数字孪生的新兴方法，以解决电力系统决策的改进。在建设弹性基础设施的共同目标下，将确定近期和长期目标，以形成一个积极参与的社区及其生态系统。研讨会将确定协调途径，以优化研究、运营和监管之间的合作和关闭，并建立多机构、长期资助工具，以支持从事地磁感应电流各个方面的可持续社区，以满足社会对恶劣空间天气的适应能力需求。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Geomagnetically induced currents at the Earth's surface during severe space weather events are hazardous to the technological infrastructure, such as electric power grids, oil and gas pipelines, undersea communication cables, telephone and telegraph networks, and railways. Addressing the vulnerability of these systems to geomagnetic disturbances is an important component in meeting their critical role in society. The workshop will bring together participants from research, industry, and government domains to develop a supported and sustained community centered on the geomagnetically induced currents during extreme space weather. A key goal is the integration of the modeling and prediction with their applications to the needs of power system operators and government agencies in managing potential consequences of the impact on critical infrastructure. The workshop's main objective is to nucleate an engaged community supported by government and private funding agencies. The workshop will contribute to enhancing the resilience of the technological infrastructure by integrating the understanding and management of risk from geomagnetically induced currents. The cross-disciplinary meeting will contribute to developing standards and their approval in the evolving electric power grid by ensuring information sharing and developing improved modeling and simulation tools. In education and training, students will participate in the planning and organization of the workshop with an emphasis on engagement in STEM education and related activities. The workshop will engage underrepresented groups at all stages to ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion in meeting the societal need for resilient technological infrastructure. The workshop will engage participants from academia, industry, and government in discussions and exchanges targeting the development of an ecosystem of supported and sustained communities centered on the geomagnetically induced currents and their hazardous impacts on technological infrastructure. The workshop's scientific goal is to integrate the modeling and prediction using first-principle and data-driven approaches to improve the understanding of geomagnetically induced currents by harnessing the growing data and improving the predictive capability. The data from current and forthcoming monitoring platforms will be used to define approaches to uncertainty quantification, which is an essential step toward achieving better predictability. The research activities in uncertainty quantification are inherently multidisciplinary, thus requiring a comprehensive effort that brings together disciplinary researchers and stakeholders. By focusing on the overlapping efforts toward addressing the needs of stakeholders, the workshop will define pathways to the convergence of research, operation, and regulation. A key goal is the integration of the modeling and prediction with their applications to the needs of power system operators and government agencies in managing potential consequences from impact to critical infrastructure. The emerging approach of Digital Twins will be explored to address improved decision-making for the electricity system. With the common objective of building resilient infrastructure, the near- and long-term objectives will be identified to nucleate an engaged community and its ecosystem. The workshop will define pathways for coordination to optimize cooperation and closure between research, operation, and regulation, and toward establishing multi-agency, long-period funding vehicles to support a sustained community engaged in all aspects of geomagnetically induced currents to meet the needs for societal resilience to severe space weather.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.